Woman Forced Tinder Date into Bed, Stabbed and Choked Him, and Threatened to Kill Him

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A 22-year-old woman in Colorado is facing multiple felonies for allegedly binding her Tinder date with duct tape and then stabbing and choking him several times before he was able to free himself. Lauren Marie Dooley was taken into custody last week and charged with one felony count each of second-degree kidnapping, second-degree assault, and menacing, records reviewed by Law&Crime show. She was also charged with one misdemeanor count of false imprisonment, those records indicate.

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Fearing Lauren would harm him with the knife, he obeyed and got into her bed. Lauren climbed on top of him and proceeded to use the knife to cut his left shoulder. Lauren then used both her hands to apply direct pressure [the victim’s] to throat for approximately 20 seconds, making it difficult to breath. Lauren stopped, but only to procure a belt that she then placed around [the victim’s] neck. She tightened the belt for another 20 seconds, once more making it difficult to breath. When she took it off, she checked [the victim’s] neck for a pulse.

The alleged victim told police that Dooley became upset because he was “bleeding all over her bed,” so she forced him into the bath tub. Dooley then ordered food from DoorDash. When the delivery person came to her home, Dooley told the victim, “If you scream or say anything, I’ll kill you,” the affidavit asserts.

After eating, Dooley allegedly got into bed with the victim, pulled a blanket over both of them, and fell asleep. According to the affidavit, the victim said he felt Dooley’s knife under the blanket near his feet, so he somehow used it to cut his bonds. He accidentally woke Dooley when he bumped into a table, but he was able to get outside and call for help, according to the police.

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